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Imaging Market Share Analysis Shows 28% of Image Interpretation Performed by Non-Radiologists

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of all imaging studies for Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries in 2022, with the remaining 27.9% of computed tomography (CT), 91.0% of radiology/fluoroscopy (XR), 50.9% of computed tomography (CT), 91.0% of radiology/fluoroscopy (XR), 50.9% performed by other types of clinicians. of ultrasound.

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The state of radiology: Part 1 -- Is practice building dead?

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"We are seeing a rising crisis in terms of the volatility of our radiologist workforce," noted Geoffrey Rubin, MD, chair and professor of medical imaging at the University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson, at the 2024 meeting of the Society for Computed Tomography in Boston. anesthesiologists No. 1, orthodontists No.

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Rural Hospital Raises the Bar with Comprehensive State-of-the-art Imaging Systems

Imaging Technology

Only 21% of extremely disadvantaged zip codes had access to computed tomography (CT) facilities as compared to 32% of extremely advantaged zip codes. Some 2,796 US zip codes met the criteria for extremely disadvantaged. Of these, rural zip codes totaled 1,160. That temporal resolution is much better than it was with previous scanners.”